{"id":391,"date":"2013-02-11T12:34:30","date_gmt":"2013-02-11T12:34:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.michaelhay.com\/blog\/?p=391"},"modified":"2013-02-12T00:00:24","modified_gmt":"2013-02-12T00:00:24","slug":"documentaries-to-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.michaelhay.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/documentaries-to-watch\/","title":{"rendered":"Documentaries to watch"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Documentaries\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The new documentary about The Pirate Bay is\u00a0now available to watch online<\/a> (or torrent of course) totally free and legitimately. I guess they kind of had to make it free. It would be have been majorly ironic if they had tried to make money out of it and then people torrented it illegally.<\/p>\n

Documentaries are big business right now. Perhaps due to the public’s fascination with reality on TV now shifting to the big screen. Or perhaps it is because it is a lot easier to fund your own film via Kickstarter. Either way there seem to be more and more interesting documentaries being made with bigger and bigger budgets these days. Here are a few ones that might interest you if you’re into pop culture, film, sports or anything geeky. Some have been around for a few years and some are due to be released within the next year. About a quarter of these have been funded via Kickstarter or Indiegogo.<\/p>\n

TPB \u2013 AFK<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 The story of The Pirate Bay
\nThe King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 Fascinating documentary following the rivalry between the Donkey Kong high score contenders
\nChasing Ghosts: Beyond the Arcade<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 Similar documentary but this time for Pac Man
\nComic Con Episode IV: A Fan’s Hope<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 Morgan Spurlock’s review of Comic Con
\nThe Dream Team<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>– NBA TV’s film all about the Dream Team
\nDoin’ It In The Park<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 All about street basketball
\nCalling Automan<\/a><\/strong> – Documentary about classic 80’s tv show Automan
\nI Am Bruce Lee<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 A Bruce Lee documentary
\nThe Art of Rap<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Ice-T’s take on the Rap industry
\nRaiding the Lost Ark<\/a> <\/strong>\u2013 Jamie Benning’s outstanding filmumentary of the making of Raiders of the Lost Ark
\nStar Wars Begins<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 Jamie Benning’s take on Star Wars
\nBuilding Empire<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 Jamie Benning again on The Empire Strikes Back
\nReturning to Jedi<\/a> <\/strong>\u2013 Jamie Benning. Jedi
\nMansome<\/a> <\/strong>\u2013 Morgan Spurlock all about facial hair
\nWith Great Power: The Stan Lee Story<\/a> <\/strong>\u2013 Documentary about Stan the Man
\nThe People vs. George Lucas<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 All about the Star Wars phenomenon
\nBBS: The Documentary<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 \u00a0Jason Scott, telling the story of the Bulletin Board System
\nGet Lamp: The Text Adventure Documentary<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0– Jason Scott’s history of the gaming text adventure genre
\nIndie Game: The Movie<\/a> <\/strong>\u2013 All about the independent video game industry
\nBeyond the Mat<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 1999 film about professional wrestlers outside the ring
\nHitman Hart: Wrestling with Shadows<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a>\u2013 1998 lowdown on professional wrestler Bret the Hitman Hart
\nEcstasy of Order: The Tetris Masters<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 The story of Tetris
\nForks over Knives<\/strong> <\/a>\u2013 Advocating vegetarianism
\nEverything or Nothing:<\/strong> The Untold Story of 007<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0\u2013 The history of James Bond
\nCollectable Spectable<\/a> <\/strong>\u2013 Documentary series about Mark Bellomo, toy collector extraordinaire
\nFrazetta: Painting with Fire<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 All about legendary fantasy artist Frank Frazetta
\nDrew: The Man Behind the Poster<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 All about legendary movie poster artist Drew Struzan
\nGet A Life<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 William Shatner’s take on Star Trek fandom
\nRay Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Charting the life and work of the legendary stop motion animator
\nDownloaded<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 A film about Napster. Due out in 2013
\nFrom Bedrooms to Billions<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 The story of the UK computer games industry. Due out in 2013
\nBeyond Neon<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 A documentary about the revitalisation and resurgence of downtown Las Vegas. Due out in 2013
\nToy Masters<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 The story of the Masters of the Universe toy range. Due out in 2013
\nDear Mr. Watterson<\/a> <\/strong>– A Calvin & Hobbes Documentary. Due out in 2013
\nCassette<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 A documentary about the humble cassette tape. Due out in 2013
\nArcade: The Last Night at Chinatown Fair<\/a> <\/strong>– Documentary about the famous Chinatown Fair arcade in New York. Due out in 2013
\nRoom 237<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 The story of The Shining. Due out in 2013
\nDEFCON: The Documentary<\/a> <\/strong>– Jason Scott’s film about the DEFCON conference for hackers. Due out in 2013
\nThe Space Invaders: In Search of Lost Time<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 All about the classic video game. Due out in 2013
\nThe Video Craze: “Where Were You In ’82?”<\/a> <\/strong>– Documentary examining the impact of the video arcade. Due out in 2013
\nInside Jaws<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0– Another filmumentary from Jamie Benning. This time on Jaws. Due out in 2013
\nDungeons & Dragons: A Documentary<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 The history of the classic board game. Due out in 2014
\nTurn to 400: The Story of Fighting Fantasy<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 A proposed documentary about the Fighting Fantasy game book series which failed its first attempt on Kickstarter but which may resurface<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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